diff --git a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/mmal.cpp b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/mmal.cpp
index 70bacb80..5e987d48 100644
--- a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/mmal.cpp
+++ b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/mmal.cpp
@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ bool MmalRenderer::initialize(PDECODER_PARAMETERS params)
     m_InputPort->format->es->video.crop.y = 0;
     m_InputPort->format->es->video.crop.width = params->width;
     m_InputPort->format->es->video.crop.height = params->height;
+
+    // Setting colorspace like this doesn't seem to make a difference,
+    // but we'll do it just in case it starts working in the future.
+    // The default appears to be Rec. 709 already.
+    m_InputPort->format->es->video.color_space = MMAL_COLOR_SPACE_ITUR_BT709;
+
     status = mmal_port_format_commit(m_InputPort);
     if (status != MMAL_SUCCESS) {
         SDL_LogError(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
@@ -204,6 +210,13 @@ bool MmalRenderer::initialize(PDECODER_PARAMETERS params)
     return true;
 }
 
+int MmalRenderer::getDecoderColorspace()
+{
+    // MMAL seems to always use Rec. 709 colorspace for rendering
+    // even when we try to set something else in the input format.
+    return COLORSPACE_REC_709;
+}
+
 void MmalRenderer::setupBackground(PDECODER_PARAMETERS params)
 {
     SDL_SysWMinfo info;
diff --git a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/mmal.h b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/mmal.h
index a1f153b8..560a8b36 100644
--- a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/mmal.h
+++ b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/mmal.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public:
     virtual enum AVPixelFormat getPreferredPixelFormat(int videoFormat) override;
     virtual bool needsTestFrame() override;
     virtual int getRendererAttributes() override;
+    virtual int getDecoderColorspace() override;
 
 private:
     static void InputPortCallback(MMAL_PORT_T* port, MMAL_BUFFER_HEADER_T* buffer);